#duty work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons: "the duties of the job"
supertype: work activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
subtype: chore__job__task a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee: "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
subtype: stint an individuals prescribed share of work: "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
subtype: disagreeable_task__disagreeable_chore a chore that causes discomfort
subtype: scut_work__shitwork trivial unrewarding tedious dirty and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work"
subtype: function__office__part__role the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
subtype: capacity.function a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
subtype: hat an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly"
subtype: portfolio the role of the head of a government department; "he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs"
subtype: stead__position__place__lieu the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
subtype: behalf as the agent of or on someone's part; usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of": "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client"
subtype: second_fiddle a secondary role or function; "he hated to play second fiddle to anyone"
subtype: duty_assignment__assignment as duty that you are assigned to perform especially in the armed forces: "hazardous duty"
subtype: guard_duty__guardduty__guard__sentry_duty__sentry_go the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night"
subtype: fatigue_duty__fatigueduty__fatigue labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
subtype: mission__charge__commission a task that has been assigned to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
subtype: fool's_errand a fruitless mission
subtype: mission_impossible__missionimpossible an extremely dangerous or difficult mission
subtype: reassignment assignment to a different duty
subtype: secondment the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere
subtype: sea-duty__seaduty__service_abroad__serviceabroad__shipboard_duty__shipboardduty naval service aboard a ship at sea
subtype: shore_duty__shoreduty naval service at land bases
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